Rule-holder.



N. G. FORMAN.

RULE HOLDER.

AFPLICATIDN FILED DEC-11.1916.

Patented Nov. 20, 1917.

NELLIEG. FORD IAN, OF MIDVALE, UTAH.

RULE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented N 2Q, 1917,

Application filed December 11, 1916. Serial No. 136,253.

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, NELLm G. FORMAN, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Midvale, county of Salt Lake,and State. of

Utah, have invented certain, new. and useful Improvements inRule-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to rule holders for garment pockets.

My invention relates to that general class of device comprising meansadapted to be used in connection with trousers or overalls pockets forholding a rule, tool, or other device in convenient position to permitready removal without liability of the rule or tool falling out of thepocket. Devices of this character are of much service to carpenters,masons, and mechanics generally.

My object is the provision of a novel rule or tool holder of the classspecified which will properly grasp the rule or tool when in the pocket,and tightly hold itself by engagement with the mouth of the pocket,without injuring the pocket in any manner and which may be readilyapplied to the pocket or removed therefrom.

Being devoid of points, prongs, or other penetrating devices, my ruleholder does not injure the mouth of the pocket or the body portion orlining thereof and, while firmly holding itself in position and beingreadily inserted, may be quickly and easily removed without resultingdamage. Furthermore, by the employment of an improved arrangement ofclips for holding the device in position, a duplex securing or grippingaction is obtained by engagement with the mouth of the pocket, resultingin square corners being formed in the pocket whereby it is unnecessaryto open the mouth of the pocket with the fingers when inserting the ruleor removing it, thus obviating fumbling and incident annoyance and lossof time. The inner or bottom portion of the device is of improved,arched, form which adapts it to form a support for the rule and a firmsupport for the side arms, as also permitting safe and easy insertionand withdrawal of the device from the pocket without possibility ofdamage to the latter. The arms are curved and approach each other in amanner adapting them to firmly, yet releasably, bind on the rule so thatthe latter is securely held and cannot fall out of the pocket eventhough the wearer assumes a stooping posture.

I am. aware that modifications might be resorted to in carrying outmyinvention, particularly in respectv to the exactform. of

the clips which engage the mouth. of the pocket at the corners thereofand-I'do not, therefore, desire that the disclosure of the inventionherein given be considered asre striotive of the invention as itisto beconsidered only as illustrative thereof although it represents thepresent preferred ernbodiment of the invention v In the accompanyingdrawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing the holder in a pocket and arule held thereby;

gig. 2, a detail edge view of the holder; an

Fig. 3, a front view thereof. 7

The rule holder is of a height and width adapting it for propercooperation with the usual hip, or other, pocket 1 of the trousers oroveralls 2.

My rule holder comprises arms 3 having oppositely facing clips or hooksi at their upper, free, ends and connected by an arch 5 at their lowerends. The arch 5 is joined to the arms 3 by rebent or looped parts 6constituting blunt supporting feet which may bear against the bottom ofthe pocket 1.

The hooks or clips 4 are adapted to slip over and embrace the fiap orpocket mouth 7 and to form square corners therein as shown in Fig. 1.This result is obtained by reason of the oppositely pointing dispositionof the hooks or clips 4 and the fact that they are of a suitable widthto cause the pocket mouth to spread. The pocket mouth is, therefore,held open and it is unnecessary to finger the pocket when inserting orremoving the rule or other tool or appliance 8 which is held by thedevice. The arms 3 are bowed or curved and approach each othersufficiently close so that, when the rule is inserted between them, theybind frictionally on the sides of the rule and hold it securely, subjectto quick and easy removal when desired. The lower end of the rule issupported by the arched bottom 5.

Having no points, prongs, or projections which penetrate or engage thepocket or the garment, my rule holder does not injure the pocket in anymanner nor is its removal interfered with should it be desired to takeit out of the pocket. The arch 5 and looped the device and, a suitablesupport from which the arms 3 extend. Being blunt, the feet 6 cannotinjure the pocket or punch a hole therein.

Preferably the device is formed from a single piece of resilient flatmaterial to afford the requisite springiness to the arms 3 and the clips4: so that the former readily grasp the rule and the latter securelyengage the flap or mouth of the pocket and also open it so that nofumbling occurs when removing or inserting the rule.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1. An article holder for pockets comprising connected, relatively wide,resilient arms adapted to grasp the article and terminating inrelatively wide hooks or clips which eX- tend in opposite directions andare adapted to receive and grasp the flap or mouth of the pocket at itscorners and to form square or wide corners therein.

2. An article holder for pockets comprising resilient arms adapted tograsp the article, and a base having rebent or looped parts connectingit to said arms, said rebent or looped parts constituting blunt feet.

3. An article holder for pockets comprising resilient arms adapted tograsp the article, and an upwardly arched base connecting said arms.

4. An article holder for pockets comprising resilient arms adapted tograsp the article, and an upwardly arched base joined to the arms byrebent feet.

5. The herein described article holder for pockets comprising resilientholding arms, an upwardly arched base oined to the arms by rebent 0rlooped parts constituting blunt supporting feet, and clips at the upperportions of the arms, said ciips facing in opposite directions and beingadapted to engage the mouth of the pocket, and to form square or widecorners therein, the entire holder being formed from relatively widematerial.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix my signature.

NELLIE Gr. FORMAN.

Copies oi. this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

